Tibalt's Rager
Creature — Devil
When this creature dies, it deals 1 damage to any target.
: This creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Jumpstart
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #21829
Tibalt's Rager trades its life for a guaranteed impulse draw when it dies, making it a one-mana body that replaces itself on the way out. In Zurzoth, Chaos Rider lists specifically, it also triggers devil synergies twice — once entering, once dying — which is the real reason it shows up there.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Zurzoth, Chaos Rider
Zurzoth, Chaos Rider cares about devils entering and leaving the battlefield, and Tibalt's Rager delivers two trigger windows in a single card: one when it enters as a devil, and one when it dies and creates a devil token.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Tibalt's Rager is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but competitive non-rotating formats have no interest in a 1/2 that impulse draws one card — that effect simply doesn't scale. Commander is the only home worth discussing: in devil-tribal shells built around Zurzoth, Chaos Rider, Tibalt's Rager earns its slot as cheap, synergistic redundancy that replaces itself before leaving. Outside of that specific tribal context, it's too narrow to justify a deck slot even in casual pods.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Tibalt's Rager is bulk — you're not paying for the card, you're paying for the postage. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to move unless Zurzoth decks spike in popularity, so there's no reason to stock up or hold off.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.